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1051. So, You Want To Know About Love?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Boston is their love. Love is the single greatest defining characteristic of a mother. And that's why today's lesson from John's Gospel is so appropriate. Jesus is facing his impending arrest and crucifixion. He doesn't have much more time to ... never lets go. In his book, In The Grip of Grace, Bryan Chapell tells us about that kind of love: "On Sunday, August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit airport. One hundred fifty-five people were killed. One survived ...

1052. Names For The Christ Child

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... had many names. How about this one--"Emmanuel." Emmanuel means "God with us." Never was this truth more eloquently expressed than in John's gospel. John begins his gospel saying that "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God . . ." Note. With God. Not ... am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ," writes St. Paul, "for it is the power of God unto salvation" (Romans 1: 16). We have no reason to hide or to disguise our association with Christ. Susan Baker of Shelbyville, Kentucky tells of finding a ...

1053. A Green Couch For God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... miracles and philosophical debates to prove their points. Instead, they chose to tell the truth. The plain, unadorned truth: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) It may be foolishness to the world, but to those who believe it is the power and wisdom of God. Just before being named President of the United States in 1976, Jimmy Carter spoke at the Southern Baptist Convention. He was on the schedule with ...

1054. Swords Into Plowshares

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... belt around the world 97.2 miles wide and 33 feet thick. Since 650 B.C., there have also been 1,656 arms races, only 16 of which have not ended in war. The remainder ended in the economic collapse of the countries involved. (5) If you need evidence of humanity' ... , Jeff Totten. 2. Breakpoint commentary, Chuck Colson 3. Kingsport (TN) Times-News, 10-2-2003, p. 4a. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 4. "Dear Santa" by Barbara Sjoholm, Smithsonian, December 2003, p. 128. 5. Today in the Word, June 19, 1992. ...

1055. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... which millions of sermons have sprung. Emmanuel means "God with us." Never was this truth more eloquently expressed than in John's gospel. John begins his gospel saying that "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God." Note. With God. ... we are rightly proud. "/ am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation " (Romans 1: 16). We have no reason to hide or to disguise our association with Christ. Susan Baker of Shelbyville, Kentucky tells of finding a beautiful ...

1056. When Did We See You?

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... old, but he had never been quite able to find himself. He noticed his uncle's sermon text, "For this cause came I into the world" (John 18:37). That is a statement of Jesus to Pilate. The boy said, "Uncle, I wish I knew why I was born." That gave the ... and bring them safely home again. I will put splints and bandages upon their broken limbs and heal the sick. (Ezekiel 34: 11,15,16, THE LIVING BIBLE) We are those who have experienced the Shepherd's tender love. And we cannot be happy until we share that love ...

1057. The Competitor

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... mean "follower" or "supplanter." The latter is the more appropriate translation. Jacob was determined not to follow anyone in life. The late President John F. Kennedy said, "Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find." ... the other! So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth." (Rev. 3:15-16, NIV) When a person just doesn't care, there isn't much hope for that person. It has been said that there are two ...

1058. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... these words: "I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." (John 1: 51) Jacob got it wrong all those years ago. The stairway to heaven was not in a place. It was in a person--the ... May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and may they greatly increase upon the earth." (Gen. 48: 16) Have you had an encounter with God that has given you a vision for your life? If not, I hope you will. Pray that it will ...

1059. What on Earth Is the Trinity?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... flesh, they did not feel that God had left them. Indeed, Jesus Himself had told them: “It is to your advantage that I go away, (for) I will send the Counselor to you. . . the Holy Spirit. I have been with you. He shall be IN you.” (see John 14:16) Jesus Christ, we believe, is the supreme revelation of God. But, as a man, Jesus could only be in one place at one time. And that place was Palestine, a little country some 50 x 150 miles, smaller than Massachusetts or New Jersey. But, Christians believe, the ...

1060. The Laying on of Hands

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that the Church is dead, but Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it!” (Matt. 16:18) And Jesus said to the doomsayers: “Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping. And they ... that blustery old devil became a leader of the apostolic band. He laid His hands on the other disciples...and James and John, the so-called “Sons of Thunder,” who were as ambitious and freewheeling as any wall-street broker, became students of a Rabbi ...

1061. Losers Keepers

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ’s sake leads to prison or exile, these are among countless thousands who through the centuries, and in many contexts, have interpreted this text by their lives.” (Lamar Williamson, Interpretation, Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1983, pp. 156-157) III. THE INVITATION TO FOLLOW, WHICH WAS FIRST EXTENDED TO PETER AND THE OTHERS BESIDE A SUNNY SEA (1:16-20) NOW COMES FULL CIRCLE. And it is now redefined in the shadow of a cross. Peter and the others are asked once more whether or not they really and truly want ...

1062. Not the Seasons for Figs

Mark 11:12-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... And the boy does. You can see why the church rejected such silly stories. One of my favorite stories is found in Chapter 16. In it, Jesus helped Joseph around the carpenter shop in Nazareth. But this omitted Gospel says that Joseph wasn’t very good at the ... Each appears to be thriving; neither is bearing the desired fruit; both are condemned by Jesus.” (Lamar Williamson, INTERPRETATION: Mark, Atlanta, John Knox Press, 1983, p.206) What Mark seems to be saying is that Jesus cursed a fig tree for lying with ...

1063. Sine Qua Non

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... on a lonely road on a dark night are supposed to have. Love is what a heroic soldier who gives his life for another’s in wartime is supposed to have. Love is what God is supposed to have for us: “For God so loved the world...”John 3:16. Obviously, in each of these cases, “Love” has a different meaning. In the context of today’s Scripture text it means total commitment. I. “AND ONE OF THE SCRIBES CAME UP AND ...ASKED HIM, ‘WHICH COMMANDMENT IS FIRST OF ALL?’” (Mark 12:28) Later rabbis ...

1064. On Doing Beautiful Things

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the room with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus’ head. The identity of the woman is not clear. John's Gospel records a similar event, naming the woman as Mary, the sister of Martha. But that may not even be the same event. “A ... go to Jerusalem to suffer and die for them and for the world. “God forbid Lord, this cannot happen to you.” (Matthew 16:22) If you are the Christ, you must not suffer; you must make others suffer. But Jesus called Peter “Satan” on that ...

1065. Holy Monday

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth.” (Rev. 3:15-16) St. Augustine said that we should not be surprised at the anger of a righteous man; we should look for the cause of His anger. Jesus’ anger ... He used on that occasion (as reported by John only) was “a whip of cord” i.e., the light thongs used by the cattle drovers—sticks and weapons were not allowed within the Temple precincts. (See John 2:13-17) Thus the passage cannot be ...

1066. I THIRST: The Fifth Word

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... from the infinity of God to the weakness of a thirsting, dying man! "And this was for you." (1) Colossians 1:16 teaches us "for in him all things were created in heaven and earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or ... of the Father. In Philippians 2:5 we learn how Jesus emptied himself of his divinity in order to completely identify with us. We know that in John 7:37 Jesus declares: "If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink." Jesus knew that in the soul of every human being there is ...

1067. Saintly Citizenship - Earthly Responsibilities

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... energy in the present power of a future hope. Because Abraham looked for a city, he was content to live in a tent (Heb. 11:13-16). Because Moses looked for the rewards of heaven, he was willing to forsake the treasurers of earth (Heb. 11:24-26). Because of the "joy" that ... and washed the feet of a black woman and then kissed her as a symbol that he shared the spirit of Jesus in John 13, of loving persons unconditionally. There was a reporter there who witnessed this. He made quite a bit about it in the press ...

1068. The Marvelous Meaning of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... done to put Christ there. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Yes, you were there. Many of us know the story of John Newton. Newton was once a wild and vile man, a slave trader who transported slaves from Africa to England. But God saved him. He ... cross is a reminder of how far man will go in hate and horror. Second, the cross reminds us of the heart of God''s love. John 3:16, exclaims, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son." If you want a picture of what the heart of God looks ...

1069. Cross Connections

John 18:1-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... death of Christ in A.D. 29 with the sins of men today."2 But even more recently, there is the voice of John Macquarrie: We can first of all clear the ground by setting to one side some theologies of atonement which, though they have ... to the Son who is "the source of eternal salvation" or the "high priest" who bids us approach "the throne of grace" (Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9)? I suggest we begin by calling to mind the rather remarkable, but by no means uncommon, human pattern of experiencing intense difficulty ...

1070. The Road Less Traveled

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... Ernie's sense of futility. Perhaps part of it might have been the threefold prescription for wholeness we find in verse 16 of our text: "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances." I prefer to call these "roads to fulfillment," ... . As Seneca once suggested, "True joy is a serene and sober motion, and they are miserably in error who take laughing for rejoicing." Poet John Keble put it so well in a poem he wrote for "St. Matthew's Day" back in 1789: There are in this loud, stunning ...

1071. Grace in the Midst of Suffering

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... the most familiar stories in scripture. Consider the Bethlehem accounts. We learn that Zechariah and Elizabeth, the parents-to-be of John the Baptist, spend almost their entire lives defeated by infertility. Mary and Joseph endure a whispering campaign in their small ... ," and God Almighty are specifically mentioned. Paul clearly includes himself as on that list in the previous sentence. In verse 16 the Apostle cites another example of present grace: "So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is ...

1072. Death Leads to Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24). Again Jesus tells us, "For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my ... this expressly clear as well, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me" (Matthew 16:24). Thus, we know from scripture that there is one and only one way to enter into the eternal life promised us by God and ...

1073. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... word. Satan falls when a person is so at one with Christ that Christ lives and acts through that person. Look at verse 16. “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” ... with Christ. But it is consistent with all of Jesus’ teaching. You remember his metaphor of the vine and the branches in chapter 15 of John’s gospel in which Jesus tells us who God is, and who he is in relation to God, and who we are in relation to ...

1074. Evaluating Our Names

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... of God as the bridegroom and husband of his people is frequent in the scriptures. Already in earlier prophetic writings, Israel was spoken of as the bride of God (Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea chs. 2-3). And our Lord took up that language in his teachings to refer to himself as the bridegroom (Mark 2:19-20 and parallels; Matthew 25:1, 5, 6, 10; cf. John 3:29; Ephesians 5:32). Thus, the Apostle Paul's hope for the church is that it will be presented as a pure bride to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2), and the ...

1075. Being A Man of God

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... work of ministry, but leaders assist the rest of the body by empowering and equipping them for service in the world. Ephesians 4:11-16 makes it clear. Some of us are called to be pastors and teachers in order that we might prepare God’s people “for works ... Me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12) Wow! Do you believe it? “Greater things than I have done will you do”! Let me ask you a few questions. When was ...

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